Features of a Supersonic Ionization Wave in Argon at Atmospheric Pressure in a Sub-Threshold Microwave Field

• Published in: Plasma physics reports Vol. 46; no. 12; pp. 1220 - 1226
• Main Authors: Artem’ev, K. V., Batanov, G. M., Berezhetskaya, N. K., Borzosekov, V. D., Davydov, A. M., Kolik, L. V., Konchekov, E. M., Kossyi, I. A., Moryakov, I. V., Petrov, A. E., Sarksyan, K. A., Stepakhin, V. D., Kharchev, N. K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Atomic; Low-Temperature Plasma; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; subthreshold microwave discharge; gyrotron; self-non-self-sustained discharge; gas discharge

In the subthreshold microwave discharge (the wavelength of 4 mm) in argon at the pressure of 750 Torr at intensities of the wave beam from 3 to 7.8 kW/cm 2 , the velocity of the ionization front, measured from the phase change of the reflected wave, increases approximately as the intensity on the wa...